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. SWITCHING 0R TRANSFERRING CARS.

No. 399,815. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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JACKSON ARMIL AND ROBERT MARION SEBREE, OF NEVADA, MISSOURI.

SWITCHING OR TRANSFERRING CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,815, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed October 18, 1888. Serial No. 288,523. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JACKSON ARMIL and ROBERT l\[ARION SEBREE, of Nevada, in the county of Vernon and State of Missouri, have invented certain 11 ew and usefullmpro vements in Switching or 'lransferring Cars; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aceompanyin drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in track-changers or carswitchin g apparatus.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and easily-operated system of the class mentioned, by which one or more cars can be removed from the center or other portion of a train without the necessity of running the train from one end of the yard to the other, and whereby the car or cars can be located or conveyed to any track desired.

\Vith these ends in view the invention con sists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanyii'ig drawings, Figure l. is a top plan of a portion of a railway switch-yard provided with our improved switching or transferring apparatus. Fig. 2 1s a section taken on line a: of Fig. 1. Fig.

a is a detail perspective view of the truck, showing the pivoted dogs or steps raised. Fig. 4: is a detail. view of the detachable bridgerail. Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of the truck, showing the stops depressed.

In the drawings, the reference-letter u indicates any suitable number of parallel. tracks in a railway switch-yard or other place. A cut or lowered way, 1), extends across and cuts said tracks in a plane at right angles to the theline of the same, and a double track, (1, is located. in the said way or cut; and it consists of rails of common or medium height and rails of greaterheight, so that each track will have a low rail on one side and a higher rail on the other, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

A truck, (Z, is adapted to operate in said out upon the tracks 0 of the same, and is provided upon its upper side with a short transverse track, c, to form a continuation of any of the tracks over the cut, as clearly seen. The truck is of such width as to extend almost, if not quite, completely across the cut from side to side, and is mounted upon suitable wheels and is strongly and durably constructed, the track which it carries being mounted upon longitudinal and transverse cross-beams.

The truck is preferably operated back and forth in the cut by a locomotive connected with the same by cables 0, secured to one end of the truck and extending to that end of the cut around a pulley,f, supported by a post, from thence extending back through the truck to the opposite end of the cut around a pulley, f located at that end, then extendinglocomotive and passes around a pulley f mounted upon the same post with the pulley f, and then passes down the cut and is secured to the opposite end of the truck from the other cable.

It will thus be seen that when the engine moves away from the cut the truck will be pulled toward the pulley f, and when the engine moves in the opposite direction the truck will of course be moved through the cut toward the pulley and that the engine can be located upon either side of the out, (the pulley f being made double for this purpose,) that there is never a slack in either cable, and that rods could be used to constitute parts of the cables. A horizontal longitudinal passage, t, extends through the truck for the passage of the cable, and one or more rollers can be journaled in the same to support the cable.

If desired, the truck can be operated by a stationary engine, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which case the pulleys f and 9 would be dispensed with. As before mentioned, the truck is provided with a transverse track to register with and form a con tinuation across the cut of any of the tracks a, and each of said tracks a is provided with a pivoted locking lever or dog, j, pivoted between suitable supports to allow its free end to swing over into notches or recesses j in the upper sides of the truck, and thus hold the same rigidly in position, with the rails on the truck registering with those of the track a, so that a train can be run over or any car can be left standing upon the same. After a car has been run upon the truck it is held from roll ing off the same by pivoted stops It, located at each end of the track, and each consisting of a bar pivoted at one end to the side of the rail, so that its upper face will normally lie below or flush with the tread of the rail, and with its free end extending about horizontally toward the center of the truck. The

' free ends of the pair of stops at each end of the track are raised and lowered by a pair of horizontally-movable levers, Z I, each provided with an extended end or handle. The levers are about centrally pivoted to the truck near its ends, so that their free ends will pass beneath the stops and to allow said ends a horizontal movement in opposite directions beneath and engaging the lower edges of the pair of stops operated. by each respective lever. The lower edges of each pair of dogs or stops extend down. below the rail, the stop 011 one rail extending below the same at one end and the stop on the other rail extending down below the same at the end opposite to that of the other stop, so that when the lever is pushed in one direction the free ends of both the stops will be forced up above the tread of the rails and prevent the wheels of a car from passing.

The stops are returned to their normal posi tion by pins or projections from the levers working in longitudinal grooves in the stops, as clearly shown in Figs. 3, 5, and O.

The cut in, which the truck. operates is of such depth that the rails carried by the truck are in the same level or horizontal plane as the rails of the tracks a, and, as before mentioned, there is a double track in the bottom of the cut, so that it a car is to be received from or delivered upon one side of the cut the switch m is operated to bring the truck upon the track having a low rail nearest that side of the cut, and as the high rails are placed between the low rails, and each track consists of a high rail and a low rail, the outer side of the truck will be raisedthat is, the truck will slant toward the side of the cut from which the car is to be received or upon which the car is to be delivered. The object of having the rails of different heights is to cause the truck to slant toward the side of the out upon which the car is to be delivered, and thus cause a car upon the truck to roll off of the same of its own weight (by gravity) when the stops are depressed.

l-Yhen it is desired to have the rails on the truck form a continuation of any one of the tracks a over the cut for the passage of trains, the breaks between the rails on the truck and the rails on one side of the out are bridged by detachable frogs or bridge-pieces or rails c, which are suitably grooved and notched, as shown, to fit lirmlyand rigidly to the rails and form a continuation of the same.

From the foregoing description and the drawings it will be evident that when it is desired to transfer a car from one track to another the truck is moved to the track upon which the car is located, and is secured in position by the locking-dogs. The ear is then pushed upon the truck, and the stops are raised by their levers to hold the car in position. The truck is then moved to the track upon which the car is to be placed and the locking-dogs are placed in position and the stops depressed, and the car will immediately move from the truck to the track by reason of: the slant of the truck. l'Vhen the main line is severed by the cut I), the out has preterably but a single track, and is of such width that the truck will snugly fit in the same with its rails registering and level with the rails of the main line.

It is evident that various changes and modifications might be made in the form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention. Hence we do not wish to limit ourselves strictly to the precise construction herein set forth, but consider ourselves entitled to all such changes.

\Vhat we claim is 1. A car-transterrin g apparatus comprising a truck operating in a lowered way severing several tracks, a transverse track-section carried by the truck to register with the tracksections, locking-levers pivoted at one end at each severed track to allow their free ends a vertical swing into or out of notches or recesses in the truck, the way being of greater width than the truck and having a double track, whereby the truck can receive or deliver upon either side of the same, substantially as described.

2. A car-transferring apparatus comprising a lowered way severing several railroad tracks, a double track in said way, a truck to operate on the tracks in the way and provided with a transverse track to register with the severed tracks, said transverse track beswitch to throw the truck upon either track in the way, for the purpose set forth.

A car-switching apparatus comprising a cut transversely severing several lines of track, a double track in the bottom of said out, consisting of rails of different heights, and a car-con veying truck operating on said tracks in the cut and provided with a section of track to register with the tracks severed by the out, said truck being held in an inclined position by the track when delivering a car, for the purpose described.

4. A car-transferring apparatus comprising a truck operating in a lowered way severing several lines of track and carrying a tracksection to register with the severed tracks and shorter than the width of the way, and grooved and notched rail-sections to removably bridge the space between the truck-rails i and track-rails, as set. forth.

ing shorter than the width of the cut, and a 5. The combination, with a car-conveying truck provided with a tracksection to receive a car, of pivoted stops to hold the car upon said track, substantially as described.

(3. The combination, with a car-conveying truck provided with a transverse track-section to receive a car, of pivoted stops to hold the car upon the rails and horizontally-movable levers to operate said stops, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a lowered track severing several parallel tracks, a car-conveying truck provided with a transverse track-section to register with any one of said severed tracks, and removable independent frogs or rail-sections to bridge the breaks between the truck-rails and the track-rails, substantially as described.

8. A car-transferrin g apparatus comprising a lowered way severing several railroad-tracks, a double track in said way, each track having its rails on one side in a higher plane than the rails on the other side, and a switch in the way to close or open the passage to either track, as and for the purpose set forth.

5). A car-transferring apparatus comprisin a lowered track in a way severing several railroadtracks and having the rails 011 one side in a higher plane than those on the other side, a truck to operate on said track and having a track-section to register with said severed tracks, and pivoted stops carried by the truck to hold a car upon the track-section, substantially as set forth.

10. A car-transferring truck havinga longitudinal passage extending therethrough. and one or more rollers journaled in the same to support the cable operating the car and extending through the passage, as and for the purpose set forth.

11. A car-transferrin apparatus comprising a truck operating on a track in a transverse lowered way severing several lines of tracks, a transverse track-section carried by the truck to register with the severed tracks, pulleys mounted at the ends of the severed way and also to one side of the same, and cables scoured to the opposite ends of the truck and passing aroinid said pulleys and adapted to be secured to opposite ends of a locomotive located upon one of the severed tracks,whercby the truck is moved by the movement of the locomotive, as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we afiix. our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JACKSON ARMIL. ROBERT MARION SEBREE.

\V i tn ess es:

J OHN SEBREE, CHARLIE SAMUEL. 

